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8. 8 Vision in 2007  Establish an internationally visible Graduate School of Molecular and Cellular Biology  Establish transparent recruitment and assessment criteria to aid Pis in recruit qualified PhD students  Implement innovative mentoring and training concepts for doctoral researchers  Retain female researchers in science  Prepare graduates for leadership positions in academia and beyond

9. 9 Vision in 2007  Establish an internationally visible Graduate School of Molecular and Cellular Biology  Establish transparent recruitment and assessment criteria to aid Pis in recruit qualified PhD students  Implement innovative mentoring and training concepts for doctoral researchers  Retain female researchers in science  Prepare graduates for leadership positions in academia and beyond

10. 10 Origin of HBIGS doctoral researchers (by nationality) September 2015: 384 students

11. 11 Origin of HBIGS doctoral researchers (by nationality)  384 doctoral researchers/ 220 PhD, 13 MD Alumni  43% international doctoral researchers  >40 nations  55% female

12. 12 Vision in 2007  Establish an internationally visible Graduate School of Molecular and Cellular Biology  Establish transparent recruitment and assessment criteria to aid Pis in recruit qualified PhD students  Implement innovative mentoring and training concepts for doctoral researchers  Retain female researchers in science  Prepare graduates for leadership positions in academia and beyond

13. 13 HBIGS: Application and Admission

14. 14 HBIGS: Application and Admission

15. 15 2014: more than 2.000 qualified applications HBIGS: Application and Admission

16. 16 Application and admission statistics Number 87 67 70 75 Qualified applications Accepted doctoral researchers 83 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 103 1000 1200 800 600 400 200 1400 1600 1800 2000 2200 2014 105 Year 2/2015

17. 17 Students/Alumni # Students/Alumni (cumulative) Students Alumni

18. 18 Vision in 2007  Establish an internationally visible Graduate School of Molecular and Cellular Biology  Establish transparent recruitment and assessment criteria to aid Pis in recruit qualified PhD students  Implement innovative mentoring and training concepts for doctoral researchers  Retain female researchers in science  Prepare graduates for leadership positions in academia and beyond

19. 19 Entry degree of doctoral researchers Biochemistry 8% Physics 1% Pharmaceutical Sciences 3% Medicine 8% Mathematics 0.4% Chemistry 2.5% Biotechnology 17% Biophysics 1% Biomedicine 3% Bioinformatics 3% N=592 Biology 54%

20. 20 Training Concept Total workload is less than 5% of PhD working time  Training activities PhD Core Course (twice per year) Accompanying training measures (all year) HBIGS Lecture & Annual Meeting Summer schools Student organized initiatives >180 different training courses in: Advanced Molecular & Cellular Biology Imaging & Microscopy Model Systems Bioinformatics, Modelling & Simulation Scientific writing & complementary skills -> All courses are evaluated by doctoral researchers

21. 21 New Challenges

22. 22 New HBIGS Tracks: Integrated MSc/PhD MSc PhD BSc PhD track Admission to HBIGS BSc PhD MSc Integrated MSc/PhD track Admission to HBIGS Ample time for research oriented education, experimental experience, critical thinking, Profound scientific discussion Excellent perspective for integration of our best talents into the scientific career

23. 23 Publication Record of HBIGS PhD students N pub ≈ 850  350 PhD students have at least one publication  211 PhD students have at least one 1st author publication Publications IF >8 IF 4 - 8 IF <4

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